“The value of persistent prayer is not that He will hear us but that we will finally hear Him.” – William McGill
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Thought For the Day: The Value of Persistent Prayer Is Not That He Will Hear Us But That We Will Finally Hear Him
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First Principles: To Him Who Is Able To Do Immeasurably More Than All We Ask Or Imagine, According To His Power That Is At Work Within Us
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” – Ephesians 3:20-21
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Shape Shifting Ideologies
Shape Shifting Ideologies
by Michael Doyle
In this age of putrid and flaccid philosophy
We have turned our faith away from mankind
Some feel AI is a better path than ideologies
In which undefined concepts are a forced bind
We bid the surface farewell and fall asunder
Knowing less about perfection than the blunders
That is our burden broken down into complexity
While we wish for anything that brings simplicity
All hail the glory of the simplest machine
Rejecting all binary but the ones and zeros dream
That all our answers are pitched as AI's capability
As we give up our souls to be ruled by technology
Shadows of what is coming are sold at a fever pitch
As the nerds and geeks find power comes with an itch
An itch that must be scratched to become satisfied
So long as there's an un-pushed button to be tried
We will remake the system on a trip to new freedom
Where there are cosmic hijinks lost in the kingdom
It's about trusting an allegedly impartial information
Decision without thinking on the source and formation
All hail the glory of the simplest machine
Rejecting all binary but the ones and zeros scheme
That all our answers are pitched as AI's capability
As we give up our souls to be ruled by technology
Given up because giving up shows the end doesn't matter
Life's serendipity is tossed against the wall and shatters
As the children learn only what they are told to read
We have forgotten that humanity is all that we really need
How have we come to trust in vaporware as if we aren't aware
That when conceptions aren't real we should always beware
There is no launch date for the miracles yet to come
And the emperor's new clothes are as naked as its kingdom
All hail the glory of the simplest machine
Rejecting all binary but the ones and zeros schemes
That all our answers are pitched as AI's capability
Will we really give up our souls to be ruled by technology?
(c) July 13, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Without Freedom of Thought There Can Be No Such Things As Wisdom; and No Such Thing As Public Liberty, Without Freedom of Speech
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)
Thought For the Day: First, Think. Second, Believe. Third, Dream. And Finally, Dare
“First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare.” – Walt Disney
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Written In Blood and Sin
Written In Blood and Sin
by Michael Doyle
In the ship's dark hull are whispered lies
As slaves and pirates stumble on alibis
Broken before the mast and the evil of eyes
The tales told don't matter in a sea of lies
These are believed in on the path to destruction
When we ignore the good book's instruction
All pirates know and it is deeply understood
That the path of Satan's lies leads to no good
A lie is a lie is a lie for those alive as strangers
To the dark side of mischief that leads to dangers
Each is ready to set the back streets on wildfire
If that's what it takes to quench their driven desire
Will it be mayhem or a swallow of wretched pride
That emerges at the door and into the other side
Decisions are made often to the price of us all
The story ends where pride takes its destined fall
Misdeeds grow by way of legendary disputation
Grown tall as the tales of a pirate's reputation
There will be no repentance nor sliver of hope
When a pirate's neck snaps at the end of rope
The crew awaits its further instruction
With no path out but assured destruction
There will be no mercy ever shown
In a pirate's life lived in parts unknown
But as sure as it is that loyalty is bound
It will be confronted off the shore of Nassau town
It's hard, if not impossible, to put trust in
Any pirate's oath written in his blood and sin
(c) July 12, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: A Fool Is Known By His Speech; and A Wise Man By Silence
“A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.” – Pythagoras
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First Principles: The Time To Guard Against Corruption and Tyranny, Is Before They Shall Have Gotten Hold of Us
“Mankind soon learn to make interested uses of every right and power which they possess, or may assume. The public money and public liberty, intended to have been deposited with three branches of magistracy, but found inadvertently to be in the hands of one only, will soon be discovered to be sources of wealth and dominion to those who hold them… They [the assembly] should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when a corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price. Human nature is the same on every side of the Atlantic, and will be alike influenced by the same causes. The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
Jefferson tried to warn us about the inherent dangers of administrative agencies.
Taking It Deep
Taking It Deep
by Michael Doyle
We shoot the shot
Giving it all we got
I would call it living the dream
But sometimes, it makes me scream
Revealing the secrets at all costs
Finding our way, however, lost
We find the real that all depends
And rely on the advice of sisters and friends
Slow it down; don't be a clown
Get it right and wear victory's crown
We find that the one to keep
Is the ride and die that takes it deep
It's the feel in the moment of filling in blanks
With words of gratitude and thoughts of thanks
It turns out it's truly a game of trust
If we're going to live the love we must
All of this comes down to communication
From a place of love and ceaseless dedication
To do otherwise is to play with burning fire
It doesn't matter the level of desire
Slow it down, don't be a clown
Get it right and wear victory's crown
We find that the one to keep
Is the ride and die that takes it deep
I've seen the future inside your eyes
There's nothing to life's frugal disguise
It doesn't take a genius to subtly recognize
My best tomorrow is spent looking in your eyes
Suspicions can only drag us spinning down
To believe in you is to be heaven-bound
Is that your halo or my future queen's crown
I live in gratitude for what I've found
Slow it down, don't be a clown
Get it right and wear victory's crown
We find that the one to keep
Is the ride and die that takes it deep
(c) July 11, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Foundation of National Morality Must Be Laid In Private Families
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families.” – John Adams (1778)
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